Fortunately, federal jury trials are relatively rare compared to state and local trials.

Recent case: Andrew Arnold was fired from his job at Beth Abraham Health Services for alleged poor work performance.

However, because he was fired in the middle of federal jury service, he suspected the real reason was that he would miss a substantial amount of work because of jury duty. Arnold had been ushered to the HR office and terminated just after he told his boss he had been selected to serve on a grand jury and would likely be out for a long time.